Staff augmentation of any kind is an important decision for a company. It requires careful thought in order to make sure that you will be getting the right personnel and there won’t be any drawbacks or foul ups that will take time, energy and money to fix.
If, on top of that, you’re thinking of going the nearshoring way, it’s important you team up with the right service, so you can sit back and relax while they go through the process of searching and selecting candidates.
As in any industry, there are many companies that don’t take what they do seriously enough, and you don’t want to end up tied up to one of them with no way out. For said reason, we have come up with a brief list of questions that will help you sift through the options and separate the professionals from the charlatans.
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This is a crucial question to ask and one that may require a little extra research, because a fraudster can tell you many things that eventually won’t come to fruition. If they tell you that they have a specialist or group of specialists, ask to meet with them. The most important thing in a software developer search is that the person conducting it knows how to spot talent. And that’s not just a gut feeling! This person needs to be fluent in programming, coding languages, and project management to be able to tell if the candidate measures up; you can be sure that an HR specialist is not necessarily capable of that.
We all want to have a batting average of 1.000, however, that can’t be always the case. Some candidates could potentially seep through with whom you are not seeing eye-to-eye with for whatever reason. If that’s the case, you want to be with a company that has a built-in clause that lets you out of a contract easily, no questions asked. Many companies prefer no to do this, so they tie you down to annual contracts, and force you to pay costly penalties if you decide to opt out. So make sure all the small-print is out in the open.
When it comes to nearshoring it’s important to know both the American and the Mexican marketplaces. In the end, you will be depending on their ability to navigate through Mexican labor laws, as well as, any changes that could happen without warning. Moreover, you want a company that understands both business cultures, so as to be an effective bridge and not a simple body-count provider. What you need is an associate that will work with you hand-in-hand, with your business objectives in mind.
So there you have it, three simple questions to ask your nearshoring provider so you know from the start that you’re working with the right teammate. Give us a call and we will gladly answer these and any other questions you may have so you can start reaping the benefits of nearshore software development.
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